"Except Sven never had the opportunities or ice-time that all three of those players were handed. Sven is the only player out of those 3 that played 4th line minutes EVERY night. Even in his 2 assist night, setting up two Byron goals he only had 10:12 of ice. The next night he had 10:43 with another assist. The next game? 7:10.
Avg Ice:
Baertschi: 8:55 (Most ice 11:02. Least 6:35)
Granlund: 14:51 (Most ice 20:33. Least 11:19)
Jooris: 15:39 (Most ice 20:47. Least 7:00)
Gaudreau: 16:40 (Most ice 22:17. Least 10:31)
Its fine to say that those guys worked their way up the lineup, but watching every game it was obvious they were given the ice time to make something happen where Sven was not. And before people start saying it was because they earned this ice-time go back and look at the amount of ice they got from day one and the linemates they were put with."
Jooris started out with limited time, just like Sven, on the bottom line, just like Sven. The reason his ice time increased is because he succeeded in making Hartley trust him. He did this after being benched and seeing his ice time actually drop. He's also been benched more than Sven, so his actual ice time while being up here is less. Also, he brings more to the table than scoring, as do Granlund and Johnny. If Sven learned how to check or forecheck or kill penalties, he'd be much more useful.
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